Monthly 18 Weeks RTT by Health Boards
Monthly summaries of whole journey waiting times across NHS Scotland by health board of treatment for all Specialties.
The data presented for March 2020-March 2021 is partially incomplete, NHS Grampian have been unable to provide RTT information for March 2020 onwards. NHS Scotland figures are provisional due to these missing data submissions from NHS Grampian. Further information about Data quality can be found within the Publication data tables.
Data Dictionary
| Column | Type | Label | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Month | numeric | The reference period as month (YYYYMM) | |
| HBT | text | 9 digit Health Board of treatment (2019), and Scotland codes as well as 6 digit Special Board codes | Health board labels Special health board labels Country labels |
| Specialty | text | Data is presented for all specialties | |
| Within18Weeks | numeric | Number of patients who started treatment within 18 Weeks of referral | |
| Within18WeeksQF | text | Qualifier for Within18Weeks indicating data aggregated to Scotland level, estimated data and missing data | |
| Over18Weeks | numeric | Number of patients who started treatment outwith 18 Weeks of referral | |
| Over18WeeksQF | text | Qualifier for Over18Weeks indicating data aggregated to Scotland level, estimated data and missing data | |
| Unknown | numeric | Number of patients for whom the waiting time from referral to start of treatment could not be fully calculated | |
| UnknownQF | text | Qualifier for Unknown indicating data aggregated to Scotland level, estimated data and missing data | |
| Performance | text | Percentage of patient journeys within the 18 Week RTT target | |
| PerformanceQF | text | Qualifier for Performance indicating data aggregated to Scotland level, estimated data and missing data | |
| Completeness | text | Percentage of patient journeys that could be fully measured | |
| CompletenessQF | text | Qualifier for Completeness indicating data aggregated to Scotland level, estimated data and missing data |
Additional Information
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Data last updated | March 18, 2025 |
| Metadata last updated | July 22, 2019 |
| Created | July 22, 2019 |
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